Comments on: The recruitment of Cole Hamels has already startedhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/
Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball.Sun, 18 Feb 2018 06:30:01 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: BG-BG-BG-BG!http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-328566
Thu, 12 Jul 2012 17:27:14 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-328566While I understand that cash is king, I think that people may be forgetting one important thing, Cole Hamel’s grew up a die hard Padres fan. The Padres and Dodgers have a long standing rivalry. While the Padres haven’t been good in a long time it is still a very heated rivalry. Hamel’s going to the Dodgers would be like a slap in the face to his home team and like sleeping with the enemy. Time passes and cash is king but keep this in mind when using a loose term about a So Cal kid returning home because while it’s only a 2 hour drive, all those things mentioned above are relevant.
]]>By: savior72http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-328375
Thu, 12 Jul 2012 03:44:06 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-328375He will most likely become a cardinal next year. It’s an obvious choice should they make an offer. Sorry LA.
]]>By: greenkeeper15http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-328291
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:01:12 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-328291Really guys lets look at this. First of all 2013 tv contract will come into play they will reap millions, second alot of old money off books, place sold out every night and they have to keep hamels to keep fan base happy. This is not the phillies of old who wade said were a small market team.

Sounds alot like the same chatter I heard before with Howard no way they are going to resign him.
Money is there its up to Ruben to figure out how to spend it

This year any team who has the injuries they had are going to struggle it happens, so enjoy now and fightins will be around sooner then later.

]]>By: aclassyguyfromaclassytownhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-328040
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:46:59 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-328040Be ready to then despise everyone in the front office, although that wouldn’t be right. See, a couple years back (I think it was 07′) Hamels went to arbitration with the Phillies and when all was said and done spoke out afterwards saying that he felt like it was a low blow from the organization. To the people making the calls back then, yes, they deserve to be despised for not giving him what he deserved, or at least working with him on a deal rather than letting it get to the point or arbitration. Now you have a fairly good front office that CAN”T sign him to an extension because he wants to go out and test free agency. My guess would be that he’d be more inclined to make a deal with the Phillies had they shown him more respect back then. If they could’ve singed him to an new deal, they would’ve already. fact is they can’t and therefore won’t, so you might as well say goodbye to him now cause he’s as good as gone once the season’s over if he’s not traded by then. As a Phillies fan it sucks, but don’t blame RAJ for the mistakes of those before him.
]]>By: paperlionshttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327885
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:39:29 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327885People realize that there are actually rules to spelling and pronunciation, right? Contrary to popular belief, you don’t get to spell or pronounce things however you want (or use words to mean whatever you’d like them to mean).
]]>By: delawarephilliesfanhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327877
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:13:48 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327877Schilling? Please…..he had become a major malcontent by that point – ship him off.

And don’t forget, they also got Omar Daal, Nelson Figueroa and Vicente Padilla in that trade -the latter made the 2002 All Star team. Plus freed up cash to sign Thome 2 years later, which effectively started the process of turning the club around.

And just think, when Schilling goes to jail, that trade means they won’t refer to him as “Former Phillie Curt Schilling”.

You need to “face reality” that a team with the 2nd highest payroll won’t need 5 or 6 years to rebuild, or for that matter go into any rebuilding phase at all. Just because they have 1 bad year doesn’t mean they’ll be bad for several years, much to your disappointment.

]]>By: funkygoorillahttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327870
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:08:03 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327870I think its great that the team Cliff Lee signed with is now considered re-building. Wasn’t it just last year that this team was the greatest thing since the birth of Christ?
]]>By: hisgirlgotburrelledhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327862
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:59:34 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327862He said he will give the Phillies the first and last shot. So they’d just have to match the best offer.
]]>By: smushrodriguezhttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327858
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:46:32 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327858js20011041: your argument for trading Hamels seems like more of an argument to trade Lee / Halladay. You can rebuild in less than 5 years. It makes sense to trade the guys who are older now and keep Hamels to continue to be the staff ace. Even if you need to salary dump Lee or Halladay so that you free up money for Cole and then take a run at a free agent in the off season.
]]>By: nolanwifflehttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327842
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:07:14 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327842Your rant would have been aided by an exclamation point (or two) after “SH*T”.
]]>By: captainwisdom8888http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327840
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:51:16 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327840There are way too many goobers on these sites worrying about a misspelled word or spotty grammar.

IT ISN’T IMPORTANT OR APPRECIATED TO DWELL ON PETTY SH*T

]]>By: paperlionshttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327838
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:44:40 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327838It is probably because proper pronunciation of Hamels is “HAY-muls”, “Ham-muls” is spelled with 2 Ms.
]]>By: stan97http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327813
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:22:28 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327813I can’t believe ppl still continue to spell Hamels name ‘Hammels’ even when it’s right in the title of the article.

…but damnnn, the prospect of Hamels and Kershaw in the same rotation sounds like the scariest 1-2 southpaw punch in the business….a pair of lefty haymakers even.

]]>By: ndnuthttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327767
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:41:07 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327767If a team trades a player and signs him next off season, there are penalties against the team. Learned that when Cuddyer trade talk happened last year.
]]>By: paperlionshttp://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327763
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:29:12 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327763Hamilton OR Hammels will cost more than those 3 guys combined. Some guys will be getting raises for next year. If they sign Hamels, they’ll need to replace their CF, a pitcher, and their 3B and will already have a payroll similar to this years.
]]>By: greenkeeper15http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2012/07/10/the-recruitment-of-cole-hamels-has-already-started/#comment-327756
Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:04:35 +0000http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=179048#comment-327756ahhh please blanton off books victorino off books and polanco off books plenty of money.

free agent talent
I dont know how about Josh Hamilton to play left and Micheal Bourne to play center.